Just occured to me that functionally that seems to be their role. Conspiratorially, super troubling. Viewed this way, it’s essentially the NSA without political oversight (what little the NSA had to begin with).

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    Far more than just intelligence agencies, that was one part of their original plan and it has expanded exponentially. Look at how the US just gave them control of the entire food supply.

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      I think I missed the food part. Can you elaborate or share a link about it?

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        Handling payments/“farm security” for USDA now. Whole-ass press release about being proud to defend the breadbaskest of the fatherland. I’m sleepy but “palantir usda” should get you there